Burner for vapor-lamps



C. B. LOVELESS.

Vapor Burner.

Patented .lune 8, 1858.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

C. B. LOVELESS, OF SYRAGUSE, NEW YORK.

BURNER FOR VAPOR-LAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 20,498, dated June 8, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. B. LovELEss, of Syracuse, in the county of Gnondaga. and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Self-Generating Gas-Burners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, forming part of this specification, in the several figures of which similar characters of reference denote the same part.

Figure l is a vertical section through axis of burner, taken in line a; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the burner.

The object of my invent-ion is the converting of combustible fluids into dry vapor, and burning the same with a flame of fine illuminating properties.

The nature of the invention consists in a crescent shaped generating chamber, situated at the crown of a siphon tube and in communication therewith; the said chamber being directly above the burner which is at the extremity of the short branch of the tube; the long branch furnishing` the supply of fluid; the details of construction and operation being as follows.

In the drawing a is the long, and the sh ort branch of the siphon tube. The chambers, c and CZ are. of crescent form, coming to an edge at bottom similar to a. canoe; the former in communication with the short branch of the tube, and the latter at the crown thereof, and communicating therewith by perforations in the tube as shown in Fig. l.

Upon the upper surface of the chamber c is secured the burner f, of spherical form, cut nearly down to its connection with the chamber, and communicating with the same, as shown .in Fig. l.

In the long branch of the tube is a packing of asbestos, shown at e in Fig. l, designed. to arrest the force of the fluid. The asbestos is used for this purpose because of its ability to resist the intense heat of the tube.

The lower branch of the tube is closed by a screw g; the movement of which will regulate the opening for the passage of the fluid to the tube. The screw regulator g works in the 'head of a hollow screw 7L inserted in the piece m in communication with the reservoir. In the position shown in the drawing the point of screw L stops the flow of fluid. But on turning the screw lz. so as to withdraw the point thereof from its seat z', the fluid will be permitted to pass up around its point, and through the opening in the screw to the head as before described. Its entrance to the tube being then regulated by the screw g.

rThis burner is designed to be used with a reservoir having an elevated position suflicient to keep up the flow of fluid. The fluid becomes vaporized in passing through chamber (l, which vapor is dried in passing through chamber c, and there issues from the burner, pure and dry.

The flame from the burner is drawn out laterally along the up-per surface of the chamber c, while the heated lower port-ion of chamber l attracts the middle portion of the flame, which would otherwise have a tendency to be depressed by reason of the lateral drawing above stated. There is thus obtained a finely spread flame well adapted tothe purposes of illuminatio-n.

The upper chamber being directly over the flame becomes intensely heated and is rendered of great service drying partially the vapor of the fluid passing through it.

The elevated position of the extremities of the upper chamber, permits the middle portion of the flame alone to be attracted, while the sweeping upper surface of chamber c serves to give it a lateral spread.

By this construction combustible fluid of the most inferior description may be converted into pure dry gas well suited to the purposes of illumination. Thereby causing a good light to be produced at a very cheap rate.

I do not claim of itself the burner and chamber on which it is situated. But

I claim- AThe crescent shaped generating chamber cl as described and its arrangement with the siphon tube, chamber c, and burner f substantially as and for t-he purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name before two subscribing witnesses.

C. B. LOVELESS. Witnesses:

Gro. PATTEN, JOHN S. HOLLINGSHEAD. 

